Bummer - went to the Apple shop after lunch ...

[Moscow Mule]

Probably not:

Launch times are all well and good, it's when you start trying to encode video or even display some HD content that it will start to struggle without a dedicated graphics card.

Anyway, this gives me a chance to boast about my shiny shiny right now - it's the puppies nuts...

Model Identifier: MacBookPro8,2
Processor Name: Intel Core i7
Processor Speed: 2.2 GHz
Memory: 8 GB
Model: APPLE SSD TS256C
Capacity: 251 GB

[stek]

Launch times are all well and good, it's when you start trying to encode video or even display some HD content that it will start to struggle without a dedicated graphics card.

Anyway, this gives me a chance to boast about my shiny shiny right now - it's the puppies nuts...

Model Identifier: MacBookPro8,2
Processor Name: Intel Core i7
Processor Speed: 2.2 GHz
Memory: 8 GB
Model: APPLE SSD TS256C
Capacity: 251 GB

Not as good as mine....

Model Identifier: MacBookPro8,3
Processor Name: Intel Core i8
Processor Speed: 2.21 GHz
Memory: 8.1 GB
Model: APPLE SSD TS256C.1
Capacity: 251.1 GB

[Moscow Mule]

not as good as mine....

Model identifier: Macbookpro8,3
processor name: Intel core i8
processor speed: 2.21 ghz
memory: 8.1 gb
model: Apple ssd ts256c.1
capacity: 251.1 gb

sweeeeeee t!

[d000hg]

Launch times are all well and good, it's when you start trying to encode video or even display some HD content that it will start to struggle without a dedicated graphics card.

Hmm, people were encoding video on old P4 and earlier. And mobile phones can now spurt out HD without proper dedicated video and much slower CPUs.

I think you forget how quickly PCs advance, a modern netbook is equivalent to a decent desktop at the start of this century.

[Moscow Mule]

Hmm, people were encoding video on old P4 and earlier. And mobile phones can now spurt out HD without proper dedicated video and much slower CPUs.

I think you forget how quickly PCs advance, a modern netbook is equivalent to a decent desktop at the start of this century.

I'm not saying it can't do it, but it will do it slowly. Ripping a DVD on my iMac is positively pedestrian compared to the the new MacBook.

[AtW]

What do your PCs have to do with SG?

Everything.

[darmstadt]

Personally I would rather go for, and probably will, the Lenovo X1

[Halo Jones]

Not as good as mine....

Model Identifier: MacBookPro8,3
Processor Name: Intel Core i8
Processor Speed: 2.21 GHz
Memory: 8.1 GB
Model: APPLE SSD TS256C.1
Capacity: 251.1 GB

When do you start to compare your willies & can we have photos?

[d000hg]

I'm not saying it can't do it, but it will do it slowly. Ripping a DVD on my iMac is positively pedestrian compared to the the new MacBook.

Why would you buy an ultra-thin netbook for video editing or DVD ripping?

That said, the SSD will make even a slow PC stand up well for general use to a much faster FDD system. I'm impressed Apple made the move here, hopefully setting a precedent.

[ThomasSoerensen]

So, in conclusion - non-technical permie manager gets sucked in by marketing and buys overpriced kit that will be replaced by much better generation in a few weeks.

Exactly what you'd expect from sasguru.

CORRECT!!!!!